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Irish Roots magazine is a powerful resource tool for all those wishing to trace their Irish ancestors. Irish Roots is dedicated entirely to helping readers worldwide to successfully connect with their Irish ancestry and heritage. Each quarterly issue is packed with practical and informative articles written by Ireland's leading genealogists.

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16 October 2018

Digitising Your Family Tree - Where to Start
Maeve Rogan is a hobbyist family historian who is a keen user of online resources, apps and social media for genealogy. In this article she shares some options for getting your tree off paper and into the digital world.
Digitising Your Famil...

29 March 2018

35 Ways To Trace Your Irish Ancestors by Nicola Morris
1. Griffith’s Valuation, also known as the Primary Valuation of Ireland was compiled between 1847 and 1864 and recorded the head of each household who was responsible for paying the rates on their property. This is Irela...

1 August 2017

7 ESSENTIAL RULES WHEN RESEARCHING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS
The following are some tips and what to watch out for when researching your Irish ancestor;
WHERE TO START ON YOUR RESEARCH.
When you start the research on your family, begin with yourself and work your way back through the male line.&...

2 May 2017

7 MORE UNUSUAL WAYS TO TRACE YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS
The following are some Genealogy repositories and online sources you may not have thought of when searching for your Irish ancestor;
Do You Know The Parish Where Your Ancestor Lived?
If you know the parish where your ancestor lived, it is al...

1 February 2017

7 UNUSUAL WAYS TO TRACE YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS.
When people plan to trace their ancestors in Ireland, they normally think of searching the Church records (baptisms, marriages), Civil records (birth, marriages and deaths) and property/land records, to identify their ancestors. The following a...

1 November 2016

7 Essential Resource Websites For Irish Family History Research.
There are a number of great family history research websites available where you can now research your Irish ancestors online from the comfort of your own home.
More and more are becoming available on line, it can be diffic...

3 February 2016

Over the last few issues of Irish Roots Magazine I have given an overview of the most common records used in Irish research. However unless you know where in Ireland your ancestors came from it’s almost impossible to locate your ancestor in any Irish records.
Key points to remember when loc...

23 November 2015

Using U.S. Sources To Trace Your Irish Ancestors Who Worked At Sea
Occupation Sources: U. S. Merchant Seamen by Judith Eccles Wight, AG
When I was first approached about writing quarterly articles for Irish Roots, I immediately thought about occupation sources. It has taken me a couple o...